Three Days of Delivery Complete!

Good evening! It is 10:46pm WAT. I am writing this at the end of a productive and exhilarating Friday. Today marked the third and final day of delivery for our Kakata project.

I have quite a bit to say about the day. But right now I am tired and ready for rest. I'll write more later. That said, I am going to use successes written by two of today's attendees to capture the magic of what happened in over the past three days.

Brace yourself to be moved!

Following the successes, I will put up a number of photos from the day.

Enjoy!

May 11, 2018
Dannette K. Brewer
Booker Washington Institute

Success Story

Wow, it's finally over. Three days of going through the Study Technology, three days of learning about the barriers to study, three days of learning how to overcome these barriers or avoid them, three days of games and laughter and we are finally done, and I am kind of sad that it is all over.

These three days have been a sort of educational growth for me. What with learning about the three barriers to study, namely absence of mass, skipped gradient, and the misunderstood word, I'm positive that I can study flawlessly and effortlessly without being held back by anything.

As I wrote yesterday, I'm so happy that I got to learn about my vow to my country, what it stands for, what standards to uphold; and I'm sure from now on when I say the pledge, I will look deep down in my heart and know I mean it.

I've been a victim of study barriers and had no clue that what was happening wasn't my fault. I thought that I wasn't smart enough to comprehend what I was taught or I wasn't capable of learning. And it has been a huge weight on my schooling aspect.

I'm just glad that I was chosen for this workshop, that I learned all these things, I got to interact with other people, participate in discussions, and bring down my level of shyness a notch.

So I just want to say a big thanks to everyone who conducted this workshop. You are all heroes in your own way because you thought it wise to educate the education-deprived.

Thank you to Sir Joseph, you are really entertaining, jovial, encouraging, and inspiring. You helped push us forward to places we didn't think of going.

Thank you Sir Colin, you are patient and a little bit energetic, thank you for the educational videos and photos.

Thank you Sir Tim, for being in support of the workshop, and being able to associate with us.

Thank you Miss LouElla, though you don't say much, I can tell you are kind-hearted and a little bit shy.

Thank you Sir Calvin for being there to explain some things to us.

Thank you all for everything you've done, I don't know if I spelt all of your names right but all the same.

From now on, towards my future, when I encounter any obstacle and feel like stopping, I will think about these three days and be on my way. Once again, thank you.


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May 11, 2018
Kalifa M. Sackor Jr.
Booker Washington Institute

Success Story

It has been a great opportunity for me to be a participant of this workshop

My whole life had been influenced by the third barrier to study which is the misunderstood word. Many times I am reading, if the effect of misunderstood words affects me, it makes me feel discouraged about myself. Sometimes I ask myself why I was even born if people of my age have abilities that I cannot even find a way to perform or even be more than them.

But my success story is I have now discovered the secret behind all my failure. I have realized that the lack of understanding of a single word in a passage had been my barrier.

From now on, I will make the dictionary my closest friend to become who I want to become in life. That is, I will seek understanding from the dictionary whenever I face difficulty with a word.

Another key point that I gather from this workshop was what the presenter Joseph said regarding who or what we want to become in life. He said that we need to make sacrifices in order to get to what we want to become.

And the thing is, I am into some habits I believe strongly that they are limiting my performance in school. With his advice, I have decided to let them go so that I can move forward.

I will also use the knowledge that I have acquired here to help friends of mine make the rightful choice. With that, I believe I we all will end up being successful.

I'd like to thank Applied Scholastics for such an opportunity and even though I have nothing to offer now I do pledge my support to Applied Scholastics in the achievement of her goals.

Podium

Students watch video

Jay leading students in a game

School from street

Lunches waiting for students 

Group shot behind school

LouElla with new friends

LouElla and Jay

Beautiful girl

Neighbors observing from the door

LouElla and friend

Water well

One of my favorite shots

Jay, Tim, LouElla, Calvin, Colin on beach in Paynesville, next to hotel

By the way, we're still raising the funds needed topay for this grand project. Please pitch in here: https://www.gofundme.com/african-literacy-project-2018